盆
pén HSK5

basin

盆 pén
basin noun
basin, bowl, or flower pot; a container used for washing or holding things like plants

他在盆里洗脸。

tā zài pén lǐ xǐ​liǎn.

He is washing his face in a basin.

unit of volume measure word
ancient unit of volume equal to 12 斗 dǒu and 8 升 shēng, approximately 128 liters

汉代的一盆约相当于现代的一百二十八升左右。

Hàn​dài de yī pén yuē xiāng​dāng​yú xiàn​dài de yī​bǎi'èr​shí​bā shēng zuǒ​yòu.

One 'pen' from the Han Dynasty is equivalent to approximately 128 liters today.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,035th most common 35.0 per million
Movie subtitles
2,286th most common 12.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.29 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
23.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+76C6

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)